Delimitation is unviable, decentralisation best way forward: Leading data expert

[ad_1] The proposed delimitation plan is flawed and unviable and looked at any way, the angst of southern states and their politicians is understandable, says a leading Chennai-based data analyst. “Southern states face the threat of losing political power and relevance with the impending tussle on delimitation, which may drastically reduce their representation in Parliament,”…

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Bengaluru International Film Festival set to begin today; Veteran star Shivarajkumar to be the chief guest

[ad_1] The 16th Bengaluru International Film Festival will begin with an inauguration ceremony outside the premises of Vidhana Soudha on Saturday. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the annual festival while veteran star Shivarajkumar and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar will join the event as chief guests. Books to be released Shivarajkumar, who returned from the…

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Karnataka: CM Siddaramaiah should step immediately, says BJP after ED attaches ₹300cr properties linked to MUDA scam

[ad_1] Karnataka: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has demanded that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah should step down immediately after Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached as many as 142 properties in connection with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case against the the CM, and others. The investigation agency said on Friday that it has provisionally attached…

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‘Inappropriate Kannada translations’: Siddaramaiah orders KPSC Gazetted Probationers’ exam to be reconducted

[ad_1] KPSC Gazetted Probationers’ examination 2024: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday directed the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) to reconduct the Gazetted Probationers’ examination within two months, following the reports of alleged inappropriate Kannada translation of questions. Taking to microblogging platform X (formerly known as Twitter), the Karnataka Chief Minister said the examination would be…

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BJP alleges land scam; Mallikarjun Kharge’s son Priyank denies allegations, says ‘site not for commercial purposes’

[ad_1] A new political controversy has surfaced in Karnataka with the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) questioning the grant of plot on the Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board (KIADB) site to a trust run by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family and headed by his son Rahul Kharge. The 5-acre parcel was part of 45.94 acres…

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Politicians these days are experts in falsifying facts: Siddaramaiah

[ad_1] Expressing concern over the current political scenario in Karnataka, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Saturday said politicians these days have a “Hitler-like mentality engrossed in distorting the truth”. He was speaking at a national symposium on the ‘Role of labour movement in the development of Karnataka’ organised by the Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU)…

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Governance on the back burner

[ad_1] Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah at the pictorial exhibition on the life of the former Chief Minister D. Devaraj Urs at the Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on August 20, 2024. | Photo Credit: K. Murali Kumar During the 2023 Assembly elections in Karnataka, the Congress relentlessly accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government of charging…

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MUDA ‘scam’: CM Siddaramaiah rules out resignation, says ‘done no wrong’; accuses PM Modi, BJP, JD(S) of ‘conspiracy’

[ad_1] The Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot, on Saturday, sanctioned the prosecution of Karnataka Chief Minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment ‘scam’. Following the directive, the Karnataka Chief Minister alleged, “The conspiracy is being done by the central government, BJP, JDS and local leaders of Karnataka.” CM Siddaramaiah…

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